Pine Lake Fishing near Lively, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Pine Lake in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It lies 277 metres above sea level. At about 20 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 3.1 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Lively lies 11 km from the water. Greater Sudbury is 13 km and Azilda 20 km. Close by you also have: Chief Lake some 1.7 km off, Camp Lake 1.9 km, Clearwater Lake some 2 km off, Little Chief Lake 2.4 km and Forest Lake some 2.9 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Pine Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Greater Sudbury include smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Pine Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -13°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Pine Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Chief Lake sits 1.7 km off and takes the overflow. For Pine Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.